Summary of Joel C. Rosenberg's Enemies and Allies

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Get the Summary of Joel C. Rosenberg's Enemies and Allies in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Do recent changes in the Middle East signal peace? One Arab country after another is signing historic, game-changing peace, trade, investment, and tourism deals with Israel. At the same time, Russia, Iran, and Turkey are forming a highly dangerous alliance that could threaten the Western powers. Meanwhile, the U.S. is drawing down its military forces in the Mideast and focusing on matters closer to home. Where’s it all heading?

New York Times bestselling author Joel C. Rosenberg, based in Jerusalem, skillfully and clearly explains the sometimes-encouraging, sometimes-violent, yet rapidly shifting landscape in Israel and the Arab/Muslim world. Enemies and Allies will take readers behind closed doors in the Middle East and introduce them to the very kings and crown princes, presidents and prime ministers who are leading the change.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Dec 6, 2021
• ISBN: 9781669341512

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#1

In July 2016, Mike Pompeo, then a Republican congressman from Kansas, met with author Benyamin Netanyahu to discuss Iran and the Middle East. Pompeo was impressed with Netanyahu’s assessment that ISIS was a genocidal organization.

#2

The Third Target discussed the ongoing genocide of Christians, Yezidis, and other religious minorities at the hands of ISIS.

#3

Pompeo, who was skeptical of Trump's chances of victory, asked how he came up with the idea of writing books about ISIS when the group hadn't yet become well known.

#4

The war against al Qaeda has been won, and the group has been reduced to a couple hundred members.

#5

There is no disputing that the United States has successfully fought off numerous terrorist attacks, both on American soil and abroad, since 9/11.

#6

The Trump administration’s all-out war against ISIS worked, and by March 2019, the group had been completely wiped out in Syria and Iraq.

#7

The American government, led by Mike Pompeo, was instrumental in the downfall of ISIS.

#8

The Obama administration argued that ISIS’s actions constituted genocide, but many Republicans and some Democrats were skeptical.

#9

The Trump administration has continued to point fingers at other countries for the rise of ISIS, despite evidence that the group was created and sustained by the United States.

#10

The Israeli prime minister’s visit in March 2015 to Congress sparked a political firestorm. Obama didn’t want to meet with Netanyahu because it would look like he was caving to him, and vice versa.

#11

The United States and Israel have had a tense relationship ever since Israel was founded, in 1948. That all changed in 2009, when Obama became president, and immediately started making concessions to the Muslim world.

#12

Obama’s stance on Israel during his second term was dismal, to say the least. He gave Iran a chance to negotiate with them, which resulted in the disastrous Iran nuclear deal.

#13

The Iranian nuclear deal was a terrible deal that only served to embolden Iran’s leaders.

#14

Obama and Biden both had different views on how to approach Iran, and Obama’s administration was infatuated with social media platforms like Twitter to get their point across.

#15

In January 2007, Netanyahu was interviewed by a British journalist. In response to the question, How should the West deal with such a regime. Netanyahu said that they should not believe that Iran’s leaders are normal, or that they calculate costs and benefits. They are instead full of hatred and seek to conquer the world.

#16

When Bibi Netanyahu spoke to a